jumper cables [from open poetry 24]

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jumper cables [from open poetry 24]

christian
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since 2002-12-18

Posts 331

0 posted 2003-01-06 04:14 AM

jumper cables
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to mom--on me going away to college.

--

radio grows lifeless now, as this broken car
hits the radius of your kingdom ..

and it's been miles
since i've checked my rearview mirror
but i still remember the
pallid vanilla streetlamps flickering like candlelight lackluster
and the silence of frosty hammocks
in some quiet january morning, when
i rolled the carwindows--halfway down
and left the front door open, hoping that maybe
you might surrender
walk out and
wave me goodbye ..

.. but you never did

because the thought of
make-believe peachfuzz
and
half finished cerealbox crossword puzzles, forced your world
to come crashing down into the acid aftertaste
that decaf never had ..

now, youve lavished yourself in plastic churches
where there's nothing left to trust and
in the most unsettling of all dreams;
you believe ..
place your faith
in the jumpercables you tucked
in the floorboard of this broken-down car.

and maybe,
maybe
it's too soon ..
but i'll be alright--i'll be alright ..

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"and i dont want the world to see me
because i don't think that theyd
understand,
when everythings meant to be broken
i just want you to know i am"

[goo goo dolls]
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[This message has been edited by christian (01-06-2003 04:16 AM).]

christian
Member

since 2002-12-18

Posts 331

1 posted 2003-01-06 04:17 AM

i never really took the time to look around
on here--i just not figured out that PiP
has a teen forum in it. and, i figured this
poem would suit more comfortably here
than in open poetry considering the fact
that i still am a teenager and the poem
is about teenage experiences. sorry for
the, inconvenience?

thanks y'all.
-chris.

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